US EditionRubio Says NATO Members Will Soon Agree To Raise Defense Spending To 5% Of GDP Over Next Decade
- On June 24-25, 2025, NATO members will meet at the summit in The Hague to agree on raising defense spending goals to 5% of GDP over the next decade.
- This agreement follows increasing defense spending since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and addresses long-standing criticism by President Trump about insufficient allied contributions.
- NATO members have already increased spending to at or above 2%, with several reaching over 4%, and they plan to raise defense budgets by 0.2 percentage points annually to meet the 5% target.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that by the upcoming NATO summit, most member countries will have increased their defense spending to above 4%, and all will have committed to a target of raising it to 5% of their GDP within the next ten years, marking a significant change in how the alliance shares its financial responsibilities.
- If realized, this increase will mark the first time NATO partners contribute more than 50% of alliance defense spending, strengthening deterrence amid evolving threats from Russia and China.
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Rubio: NATO Countries Agreed to Increase Defense Spending to Five Percent of GDP
NATO member states have agreed to a goal of increasing defense spending to five percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) over the next decade, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Fox News.
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NATO set to agree on 5% GDP defense spending, Rubio says
"We are headed for a summit in six weeks in which virtually every member of NATO will be at or above 2%, but more importantly, many of them will be over 4% and all will have agreed on a goal of reaching 5% over the next decade," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
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